Andrew K. (kuligowskiandrewt) -
I love aquariums, especially the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I love sea otters and otters of all species. And I love organizations and individuals who work towards improving the world and correcting some of the issues which mankind has inflicted upon this earth.
As such, it is not a surprise that I looked forward to reading my copy of Elin Kelsey's Saving Sea Otters - and I was not disappointed (*). This book, VERY well illustrated with photography by Doc White, shows sea otters in their natural habitat, and in the artificial ones that circumstances have temporarily placed them in. It talks about their rescuers, their mission, their process and occasionally, their failures. Basically, it is a love story dedicated to a love of the otters and their protectors. And as such, it succeeds tremendously.
I WOULD, however, encourage the author OR someone equally dedicated to use this as a springboard to a new project. I believe that a full-length prose treatment of this process, telling the story of some of the rescuers and some of the rescuees their emotional states at finding an otter, at rehabilitating it, and at releasing it (or worse, losing it) the politics of a non-profit organization falling under the auspices of a larger non-profit the day-to-day progress (or regress) of individual otters would make an excellent full length text.
RATING: 5 stars. It succeeds in what it set out to do, and it left some words and pictures that will not quickly leave my mind.
As such, it is not a surprise that I looked forward to reading my copy of Elin Kelsey's Saving Sea Otters - and I was not disappointed (*). This book, VERY well illustrated with photography by Doc White, shows sea otters in their natural habitat, and in the artificial ones that circumstances have temporarily placed them in. It talks about their rescuers, their mission, their process and occasionally, their failures. Basically, it is a love story dedicated to a love of the otters and their protectors. And as such, it succeeds tremendously.
I WOULD, however, encourage the author OR someone equally dedicated to use this as a springboard to a new project. I believe that a full-length prose treatment of this process, telling the story of some of the rescuers and some of the rescuees their emotional states at finding an otter, at rehabilitating it, and at releasing it (or worse, losing it) the politics of a non-profit organization falling under the auspices of a larger non-profit the day-to-day progress (or regress) of individual otters would make an excellent full length text.
RATING: 5 stars. It succeeds in what it set out to do, and it left some words and pictures that will not quickly leave my mind.
